Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗A Performace Situation Using Alphabets (triptych), 1968
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Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 30, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Performance situation sending / sending out
Vito Acconci (American, 1940–2017) · 1969
$5,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £3,904≈ €4,494
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “gelatin silver print, in 4 parts”
- Signed / inscribed
- each titled, consecutively numbered, inscribed and dated "Performance situation sending / sending out 1969 [#1-#4] A" on the reverse
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- (i) 6 7/8 x 10 in. (17.5 x 25.4 cm.) (ii-iv) 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.) overall 19 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (48.9 x 59.1 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now (NY010120)
- Date
- March 4, 2020
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 108
- Estimate
- $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £3,904 – £5,465) (≈ €4,494 – €6,292)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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